Susan was born in Brooklyn, New York and
raised in Queens. Her nursing career began at Hunter College nurse at NYU Medical Center & earned a Master of Arts in
Nurse Education at NYU. Susan spent 3 years at Teachers College, Columbia
University in an accelerated doctoral program with a Doctorate in Education
conferred on her in 1993 . She obtained a Post -Graduate Certificate as
Adult Nurse Practitioner at Adelphi University.
Susan has held several managerial
positions in the Rehoboth Beach area including Assistant Manager at
Ristorante Zebra for 9 years. In November 2006, she received her
license as a Realtor and is a sales agent with Century 21 Maggio/Shields in
Rehoboth Beach and is an active member of the National Association of
Realtors and the Delaware Association of Realtors..
Joining Rotary in May of 1988, Susan
became the Bronx Rotary Club’s first female President in 1994-1995 and
became a Paul Harris Fellow in 1995. She founded the Adopt -A -School
program which served as both Vocational & Community Service to an elementary
school in the Mott Haven section of the Bronx. She was awarded several
citations and Proclamations for her work with the Adopt-A School program and
for the Community Health Fairs she implemented for Senior Citizens and
elementary school - aged children in high risk communities. She also served
on the District Conference Committee and as a Host - Mentor for an
Ambassadorial Scholar from Munich, Germany. Because of the Rotary Community
programs, Susan was selected to serve as a member of Mayor Ed Koch’s Anti
Drug Task Force in 1990. She also served on the Bronx District Attorney’s
Committee for Drug awareness and Drug Education for grammar & high school
aged students.
Ten years later, as a Charter Member of
the Rehoboth Beach/Lewes Sunrise club, she became the Centennial President.
Susan was instrumental in her club’s obtaining a District Simplified
Grants for the luggage program for the foster children in Sussex County and
the Spanish/English Dictionaries for all Sussex County’s English as Second
Language (ESL) programs, 3rd grade to adult.
Susan served a Chair for the District
7630’s First Indoor Golf Outing which raised close to $7000 for the purchase
of External Defibrillators donated to Easter Seals. Susan participated in
the initial planning and worked with the committee for The Friendship
Exchange with Sweden. She attended and graduated from The Rotary Leadership
Institute in March 2005 and currently serves as a facilitator.
Susan continues to contribute to the
Rotary Foundation and is a sustaining member.